Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-10-14
VARIETIES.

SN'"" wv" io'S uSo, WHO
felt that everything was going wrong
and tint hc himself In particular was
boing sadly neglected. ain what re-
spcct do you find them changed
most 7" he was asked 10y friend.
20, that is plain" lie said; mo re.
gard is paid nowadays to people OF.
quality" "Wcll, to he sure" said
tho friend, lit isn't so much the pco.
pie of quality We pay attention to
nowadays rs it is the quality of the
people,
~ little grammar, found in mn old
garrett IN Portsmouth, New Hamp.
shire, las illustrations of the rules
as follows: The active, passive and
neutcr verbs are represented by the
picture of II fathcr whipping his little
boy. Tho father is actioe, tho boy
Is rassicc, and the mother, sitting hy
herself on stool, looking on but
"'"S "oI"ii'S, iS HCHtcT.
"Supposc." said an examiner to n
student in engineering. "you hnd
built an engine yourself, performed
every part of the work without as.
sistnnce, and knew that IL was in
complete order, when put on tho roal
the pump would not draw water. what
would you do ?" 81 should look into
the tank and ascertain ir there was
any water to draw" replied the STU
dent.
"ln making mp party for n tray.
cling cxcursion," snld Charles Dud-
10y Warner to- n friend who was
planning one, "always be sure to
have It include nj least ono ignorant
woman. She will ask all the qucs.
tions you aro ashamed to nsk or
think you don't need to ask, and you
Will secure the benefit of vast deal
OF information you would otherwise
lose"
Prof Max Muller, IN his recent
work, "Thc Science Of Thought" nj.
leges tliat "no one who knows tho
true nature of language could con.
ccivc how any animal, from the low.
est to the highest, could oyer MavV
developed speech"
To the idle, Indifferent and dila.
tory existence soon ceases to have
any charm; the only way to main
tain IN interest in life is to partlci.
pate IN It's abors and struggles.
IL is said that great takers nro
not as liable to insanity rs silent
people. Naturally enough, those who
have to listen arc the ones who 90
crazy.
An elderly minister Mt social
party, where tho young people were
dancing, being asked If lie danced,
replied, "No, am not educated at
thnt end"
Conquer tbysclf. Till thou last
done that thou art slave; for It is
almost us well to be in suhjection to
another's appetite rs thy own.
The devils do not tell lies to ono
another; for truth Is necessary to nil
societies; nor can tho society of hell
subsist without It.
If you would be a clear speaker,
aim ut clearncss of thinking; If you
would be n clear thinker, aim at
clearncss of speaking.
Many calumnies are injurious after
being rcfuted. Like the Spanish
flies they sting when alive and blister
when dead.
The Quarterly Review character
ICES vulgarity rs "the worst of sec.
ondary faults, because compound
of 80 many
The Kansas Record says that
"many man has ruined his cycsight
sitting in a barroom looking for
work."
Is is harder TO satisfy man who
fights with his mouth than one who
uses gun.
There is remembrance of the
dead to which we can turn even from
the charms of the living.
The earth with Scared face is the
symbol of the past, the air and heav.
en- of futurity.
BE an economist in prosperity;
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